Life Update

It's been over a year since we moved to Taiwan; we take a minute to reflect. Plus, an urgent call for help for an Afghan family & book club details

Hello dear readers!

Albert here. Apologies for being out of touch. It’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks—okay, months. After what seemed like an interminable scorching summer, fall has come to Taipei and you can actually walk around without melting into a puddle. Of course, our grand plans to attend an outdoor arts festival last weekend were foiled by torrential rains. Maybe it’s climate change or maybe my memory is fooling me, but I don’t remember spending quite so much time inside when I grew up here.

We were disappointed to miss the festival, because we went last year and had a wonderful time. But we were also taken aback to be reminded that it’s been a year since we moved to Taiwan. Time flies, as they say.

How is it? people keep asking us, with expectant looks on their faces. Whenever Michelle and I hear the question, we share a look and chuckle bitterly: we don’t know what to say. There’s too much to say. We’ve spent the whole year navigating a series of transitions, and transitio…